That's Welsh, unless you were telling us your reaction to grape juice.Add "aille" to make it French, (pronounced "i") or "mphllgh" for Welch....
Losing vs. Loosing
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Old Corp
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Am always baffled by the folks who can't get the whole "sell" and "sale" thing. Come on, it's really not that hard!
See it constantly on social media.... "I want to sale this truck..." , and "Does that store run discount sells?" Really?
Reminds me of another nails-on-chalkboard-ism, murdering the proper use of the word 'seen'.... "I seen six deer today", "I seen the greatest shotgun at the gun show" Again, really? Did we miss that week of 2nd grade?
See it constantly on social media.... "I want to sale this truck..." , and "Does that store run discount sells?" Really?
Reminds me of another nails-on-chalkboard-ism, murdering the proper use of the word 'seen'.... "I seen six deer today", "I seen the greatest shotgun at the gun show" Again, really? Did we miss that week of 2nd grade?
Triathloncoach
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Sell, Sale
The ones that I see used incorrectly here most often are, there/their, your/you're.
I must admit that I have trouble with loose and lose and desert and dessert. I have to sound them out to choose the correct one.
Someone pointed out mouse/mice and louse/lice but moose is still moose but goose become geese so should moose become meese?
Then there is led/lead or red/read and people wonder why the English language is so difficult.
I must admit that I have trouble with loose and lose and desert and dessert. I have to sound them out to choose the correct one.
Someone pointed out mouse/mice and louse/lice but moose is still moose but goose become geese so should moose become meese?
Then there is led/lead or red/read and people wonder why the English language is so difficult.
The Inglish language is knot difficult. It is kwite eezy to understand. Its jest that there are usually a Lott of folks telling you that your doing it wrong, when they no perfeckly well what ewe mean.
Warning: that there is my penultimate pronouncement on this subject, unless Gorilla Maximus objects.
P.S. Ain't even antepenultimate. All screwed up. Latin can't keep up with revisions.
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deadin
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OOPS! I also tend to get Scots and Scotch mixed up.
OOPS! I also tend to get Scots and Scotch mixed up.
Roadtrash
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One is for wiping the other is for drinking, please don't mix them up in actual use.
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oneounceload
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Except it is spelled vice versa. A vise is something that one uses typically on a work bench.........
Redux
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Rastoff
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If you're not going to read the thread, then I'm not letting this go. Seriously? I know the B is next to the N on a keyboard and the A sounds like an E here, but you posted this blunder in a grammar thread? Really?
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Coldshooter
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hyphenated, non-hyphenated ironic isn't it?
If that asinine word Boolets can be accepted as acceptable when discussing Bullets ( Cast or not they are still Bullets) I suppose loose can become an acceptable alternative for lose.
Rastoff
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Why does "monosyllabic" have so many syllables?
No. Boolits is accepted because we know whoever uses it is being a goof intentionally. The other is just because people get it wrong.
oneounceload
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Most I know that use "boolits" use it to differentiate between cast and jacketed/plated.
Now, using the term "shotty" or "shottie"makes me want to slap someone through my computer screen............
Rastoff
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I've never heard that before. Learn something new every day.
Oh I forgot one of my favorites but since "boolits" came up how about "bullet heads"? Now from a news person I totally understand because most are firearm ignorant but from folks in the hobby?????? 
I recall in 7 or 8th grade the teacher saying a double negative implies a positive but in no case will a double positive imply a negative.
The class lost it when someone piped up "Yeah, right!".
They should know that most of their readers use it to distinguish between those who are ignoranuses and those who are not.
